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Irving's eighth novel, A Son of the Circus (Random House; 633 pages; $25), will not settle this debate; it may make it more heated. For this is unquestionably Irving's busiest book so far. Keeping track of all the nonstop, simultaneous developments on its pages feels a little like being at one of the circuses that pop up now and again in the story. To pay attention here probably means missing something going on over there...
...arts resorts like Breckenridge, Colorado, to country- music Meccas like Branson, Missouri, America's playlands are producing a booming class of unfortunates: the hardworking homeless. To step off the main drag of a glistening little jewel like Telluride, then, is like stepping out the back flap of a circus tent: Lord, there's a caravansary of gypsies parked back here! The chief of Telluride's housing authority, Dave Johnson, quit in June, citing job stress. The problem, says Jim Davidson, editor of the Telluride Times-Journal, "brings instability and a surly work force. We can't expect nice worker attitudes...
Tyke, a 21-year-old female African elephant, trampled her trainer to death and stomped her groom at a circus in Honolulu. She then barreled down a city street before police shot her repeatedly and a zoo worker administered a lethal injection. Circus officials had promised to retire Tyke after she went berserk at a Pennsylvania circus last year, according to the Humane Society...
Both the prosecution and defense agreed to try to squelch the media circus surrounding the O.J. Simpson case. They said they would not release the grisly photos of the victims, Nicole Simpson's medical records or the contents of a mysterious yellow envelope presented by the defense as evidence. Following the momentary harmonic convergence, both sides disappeared into a closed session with Judge Lance Ito, locking out the press. The trial is set to start September...
Comedian Jack Handey may have had characters like Mump and Smoot in mind when he wrote, "To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where his started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed...